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(posted by Emily) Monday 21 July Daily Step Count: No idea (Pacer app fail) On Monday, we were excited to get back out on the boat. Most of our trips have been south on the River Lee toward London, and we decided it would be fun to go the other way on this adventure.  Oh Captain, my captain (nice boat shoes!) Near the second lock we always go through en route to River Lee, there is some sort of hippie tent camp/boat city that has popped up. Not sure how long they are planning to stay, but there are 8 to 10 boats all tied up together, tarps up in the trees, and hammocks and laundry strung between branches. I can't imagine the Canal and River Trust is too happy about them.... On the way north, we passed few pubs, another marina, and some beautiful houses.   This is another marina, in Lee Valley  One of the most amusing sites was this boat, which was pedal powered. A family was riding a...

(posted by Emily) Saturday 5 July Daily Step Count: 3,500 As you can probably tell from our step count, today was a slower day for us, thought not without excitement! We are a bit lacking in pictures, but you'll soon see why.  Malcolm has been wanting some practice on the boat, and it was time to pump out the blackwater tank again. We headed over toward the pumps this morning, around 11am. Rick pulled the boat out of our mooring and into the marina, which was no small feat due to the wind. We drove over toward the pumps, and noticed another boat pulled up at the mooring there. Dad and Malcolm decided to practice some turning in the open water, and backing the boat back in to our spot.  I was sitting out on the front of the boat, enjoying some tunes on the bluetooth speaker and typing up some blog posts when there was a loud bang and bump (not unusual, especially in the high winds). I'll let Rick describe what happened next: Malcolm was attempting to back ...

(posted by Emily)  Wednesday 2 July Daily Step Count: 9,306 We slept in late today, which was great after two early mornings in a row. We decided to try to venture out on the boat without our instructor Tim, and drove down to T he Fish and Eels in Broxbourne. I manned the till (the steering) on the way there, and Rick drove back. The pub is one of the few we saw yesterday. It was a beautiful restaurant and the food was great!  Moored up right next to the pub view of the boat from our table clearly, the bread and oil was delicious Rick took us back to the marina.  Dad working the lock  We decided to head to Stratford for dinner at the Westfield mall . We had been here before, as it is right next to the Olympic Park ! It was fun to see the familiar sites out the window. The only thing missing was all of the Games volunteers!  Ol...